lunchbucket; I think what everyone is saying is that the deer won' t consume enough salt to be toxic to their system if offered free choice. They may over consume for their needs but never suffer ill effects. In my instance free choice is the only method possible. Salt licks that I put out last year are still only partly consumed. On the other hand the mineral blocks (apple flavoured) have a high turnover rate and the deer have eaten the stump that I put them in until the stump roots under ground are gone.

Dan O.